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Starvation used as a ‘weapon of war’ in Gaza amid Israeli siege: Oxfam

Palestinians gather to get their share of food offered by volunteers at a UN-run school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip [Mahmoud al-Masri/Reuters]

Oxfam has renewed its call for essential goods to enter the besieged Gaza Strip and said starvation was being used as a “weapon of war” after Israel cut off supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel to the territory.

Israel imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza after Hamas fighters launched an attack from Gaza on southern Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,400 people according to Israeli authorities.

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